Friday, June 16, 2006

Jupiter


Yesterday, my little camera having been replaced after a problem developed in the display backlight, I decided to try to image Jupiter since the Moon had moved out of the way:)

Using a digiscoping technique I attached my BenQ three megapixel camera to a 10mm eyepiece and a 2X barlow on my 200mm Skywatcher Dobson reflector (1200mm F6)

I snapped 9 shots over a period of six minutes and stacked the results with Registax. Unfortunately there was no transit of the GRS or any of the moons' shadows but Ganymede is faintly visible at the lower right. Considering the equipment used, I think it is a fair result.